#68686E#68686E

#68686E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.009 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68686E
RGB	rgb(104, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 1.27, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 3.59, 290.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.0026 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.009 286)
XYZ	xyz(13.4732, 13.9694, 16.7354)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68686E #6E6E68

analogous

#686B6E #68686E #6B686E

triadic

#68686E #6E6868 #686E68

tetradic

#68686E #6E686B #6E6E68 #686E6B

square

#68686E #6E686B #6E6E68 #686E6B

split-complementary

#68686E #6E6B68 #6B6E68

monochromatic

#2D2D2F #4A4A4F #68686E #86868D #A6A6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#68686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#68686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68686E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68686E	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67686E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.009 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939397',
    500: '#68686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68686e;
$custom-light: #939397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51933,
    "c": 0.00933,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.13969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68686E

secondary

#9B9B97

accent

#AC7CAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #68686E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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